Sardine Saddle Picnic Area
Sardine Saddle Picnic Area is a picnic site in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 2,176 m. Rose Peak stands 2,677 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sardine Saddle Family Picnic, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2176 m
How to reach it
- On the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Maple Spring: 0.3 mi
- Sawmill Spring: 0.6 mi
- Red Spring: 1.0 mi
- Upper Sardine Spring: 1.1 mi
- Fry Spring: 1.2 mi
- Mitchell Peak: 0.8 mi
- Pinal Point: 2.1 mi
- Grey Peak: 2.4 mi
- Enebro Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 3.4 mi
- Granville Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Upper Juan Miller Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Degrazia Park: 11.2 mi
- County Ball fields: 12.2 mi
- Sumitomo Park: 12.3 mi
- Sardine Saddle Family Picnic: 0.1 mi
- H L Saddle Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- HL Saddle Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Cherry Lodge Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 13.0 mi
- Final Point: 2.1 mi
- Evans Point: 8.1 mi
- Turtle Rock: 22.9 mi
- Baldy Bill Point: 24.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 5.8 mi
- Chitty Falls: 22.8 mi
- Stargo: 9.8 mi
- Greenlee County Historical: 11.4 mi
- Shovel: 11.4 mi
- Morenci Southern Railway: 14.4 mi
- Gillard Hot Spring: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Sardine Saddle Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Peak | N 1° | 2,677 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mitchell Peak | NNE 28° | 2,388 m | 0.8 mi |
| Grey Peak | NW 305° | 2,277 m | 2.4 mi |
| Enebro Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,262 m | 2.6 mi |
| Coronado Mountain | SSW 196° | 2,253 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pinal Point | SSE 167° | 2,209 m | 2.1 mi |
| Pipestem Mountain | NNE 16° | 2,197 m | 11.4 mi |
| Painted Bluffs | SW 219° | 2,187 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:22 | 17:57 | 18:29 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| September equinox | 06:06 | 17:43 | 18:16 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:37 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clifton, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359288251
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